Entrepreneurship and Business Operations (5 cr)

Code: ENT001HH1AE-3054

Basic information of implementation


Timing
12.01.2026 - 13.03.2026
The implementation has not yet started.
ECTS Credits
5 cr
Campus
Pasila Campus
Vierumäki Campus
Teaching languages
English
Seats
30 - 100
Degree programmes
INTBBA International Business
Teachers
Ivan Berazhny
Groups
NONSTOP
NONSTOP -implementation
LIE4VIA
Sports Coaching and Management, 4th semester, Vierumäki
VIRTUAL
Virtual implementation
INSTRUCTED
Instructed virtual implementation
IBEB2PA1
INTBBA blended, 2. semester, Pasila
Course
ENT001HH1AE

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

The course will start 05.09.2022 and will end 16.12.2022

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Implementation Methods:
CONTACT / CONTACT BLENDED
ONLINE / ONLINE BLENDED
VIRTUAL / VIRTUAL INSTRUCTED / VIRTUAL NONSTOP
DEMO
WORKSTUDY

Descriptions of the implementation methods can be found on Haaga-Helia’s website: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/implementation-types

You can complete the course by demonstrating your skills or through accreditation, even if there are no DEMO or WORKSTUDY implementations available. More details about skill recognition are available on Haaga-Helia’s website: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/career-planning/recognition-learning

If you already possess the knowledge and skills covered in this course, you can demonstrate your proficiency.

DEMONSTRATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS COURSE

The demonstration takes place in Moodle, through a specific implementation, for which you register in Peppi. (You can identify the correct implementation by its DEMO format.) Once registered in Peppi, the teacher will approve your enrollment, granting you access to the Moodle workspace for the implementation.

The demonstration tasks must be completed before the end of the implementation. You cannot participate in other implementations of the course at the same time.

Contents of the demonstration:

Moodle exam covering key entrepreneurship and business concepts and knowledge (20 time-restricted questions). Assessment is graded on a scale of 0–5, with the exam contributing 30% to the final demonstration grade.

Report/Presentation detailing and analyzing your own entrepreneurial skills and networks, along with a description and analysis of a selected company and its business operations. Assessment is graded on a scale of 0–5, with this task contributing 70% to the final demonstration grade.

More information of demonstrating prior knowledge can be found here: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/career-planning/recognition-learning.

Intro

In this course, you will explore entrepreneurship, its opportunities, and how to become an entrepreneur. You will reflect on your own potential for entrepreneurship. You will also study business, including its environment, strategy, and responsibility. You will learn to create a business model and use key business concepts with an existing company.

Materials

This course will be based on different literature among others:
- Alexander Osterwarder & Yve Piegneur : Business Model Generation. ISBN: 978-2-8399-0580
- Finnish Enterprise Agency Guide Becoming an Entrepreneur in Finland, 2017:

Teaching methods and instruction

- Online classes
- Discussion
- Ideation
- Presentations

Working life connections

The course is widely connected to entrepreneurship.
- Some guest lecturers from different business communities
- Participants may have connections with different enterprises

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

Will be given later

Internationality

- International literature
- International participants
- International business environments
- International cases

Completion alternatives

Those who have been working on developing own businesses may discuss with the teacher to agree on what may be done to complete the course

Learning assignments

Learning assignments will be given later.
The assignment will be linked to developing own business plan either individually or in a small group

Assessment methods

Assessment criteria - grade 1
Student
- participates in tasks
- can describe entrepreneurship
- is familiar with basic theories of business
Assessment criteria - grade 3
In addition to the previous part, students
- can evaluate their own potential as entrepreneurs
- can evaluate business opportunities, ways of becoming an entrepreneur and company forms
- can identify and create own network and
- are well acquainted with the knowledge base of business and the connections between sustainable development and business.
Assessment criteria - grade 5
In addition to the previous part
- evaluate the challenges and opportunities of entrepreneurship and
- analyze and evaluate business opportunities, strategic choices and business models.

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